The Grand Chamber’s judgment in Commission v. Malta (C-181/23), delivered on 29 April 2025, marks a decisive step in the European Union’s effort to uphold the integrity of Union citizenship. The Court of Justice held that Malta violated Articles 20 TFEU and 4(3) TEU by operating an investor citizenship scheme that granted nationality in exchange … Read more
The dominant Rule of Law narrative among the European institutions and the media focuses on ‘backsliding’ in some capitals as the key Rule of Law problem to solve. Significant resources have been (mis)invested with the EU unfortunately prioritising Rule of Law tool creation and the multiplication of monitoring and reporting mechanisms, of which the Commission’s … Read more
Should judge associations have standing to challenge EU measures which allegedly breach judicial independence and the rule of law? This is the question to be decided on appeal by the Court of Justice following the Order of the General Court of 4 June 2024 in Magistrats européens pour la démocratie et les libertés (Medel) and … Read more
This Op-ed intends to briefly analyse the recent Opinion by Advocate General (‘AG’) Collins in EPPO v I.R.O F.J.L.R. (C‑292/23) –a seminal preliminary ruling case being the first case ever concerned with the scope and nature of judicial review of procedural acts produced by the EPPO. The most important facts of the case could be stated … Read more
This is the fifth Op-Ed of a Symposium on the Apple State Aid case (C‑465/20 P). Previous Op-Eds have been authored by Romero J. S. Tavares , Scott Wilkie, Svitlana Buriak and Juan Jorge Piernas López. Introduction That’s all folks! The UK Controlled Foreign Company (‘CFC’) judgment (C‑555/22 P, C‑556/22 P and C‑564/22 P), handed down by the Court … Read more